Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 3.32% or 0.43 points to trade at 13.53 at the close. Meanwhile, Randstad (AS:RAND) added 3.04% or 1.17 points to end at 39.67 and Philips Kon (AS:PHG) was up 2.10% or 0.50 points to 24.29 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO), which fell 3.09% or 0.38 points to trade at 11.92 at the close. Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa) declined 2.24% or 0.56 points to end at 24.46 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) was down 1.74% or 0.177 points to 9.968.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 108 to 58 and 11 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 5.08% to 17.14.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.65% or 1.17 to $43.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.32% or 1.07 to hit $45.02 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.26% or 3.40 to trade at $1328.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.0983, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8363.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 97.37.